Instruction deduction
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Description
Understand the dos and don'ts of camping by playing this group game.
From https://scouts.org.uk/activities/instruction-deduction/
Resources
Pens or pencils
Scrap paper
Instructions
Split into teams. Each team should find a space in the room.
Each team requires a pen and some scrap paper.
Someone should stand at the front of the room and read out a ‘do’ or a ‘don’t’ from the ‘fill in the blanks’ sheet. Each statement is missing a word – the person at the front should say ‘blank’ to make it obvious where the gap is.
Each team should decide what they think the missing word is, and write it on their scrap paper.
Teams should take it in turns to tell the person at the front of the room what they chose as the answer. Any team that chose the right word should get a point.
The person leading the game should explain why you should (or shouldn’t!) do the statement.
Everyone should play again with another statement, until everyone’s confident that they know what (not) to do when camping. The winning team is the one with the most points.
Reflection
This game helped you to value the outdoors. Do you enjoy being outside pitching and striking tents? Do you feel comfortable when you’re camping? Were any of the statements about making sure you respected and took care of the outdoors?
This game was also a chance to try new things. Have you been camping before? Have you had a go at pitching and striking different types of tents? Did you know all of the right answers? Do you think you’d find it easier to try camping again now you know more about what to do?
Tags
- camp
- camp kit
- camp preparation
- camp rules
- Camp Safety
- Camping Kit
- camping skills
- preparing for camp
Badge Links
- Outdoors - Care
- Outdoors - Safety
- Outdoors - Tent
- Outdoors - Tidy